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COVID-19 complacency: ‘A hard shift for the immunocompromised’
Even with vaccines and antivirals, cancer patients and many others are still vulnerable to infection; some safety tips for this evolving pandemic
Hutch scientists receive $25M to solve breast cancer metastasis
New collaboration will target dormant tumor cells, keeping them asleep (or killing them) so they won’t spread
Blood and Marrow Transplant Reunion returns to Fred Hutch
Hundreds gather in Seattle to celebrate life, science and cancer survivorship
Navigating cancer and barriers, one person at a time
Need financial assistance? Interpreter services? Transportation to and from chemotherapy? Patient navigators help close cancer care gaps
ASCO 2022: Equity, innovation and in-person
Hutch cancer researchers, clinicians share findings on clinical trial eligibility, Medicaid expansion, wearables to track symptoms and more
Indigenous health equity focus of Pathways Symposium
Storytellers, scientists and public health leaders share strategies to decolonize, improve cancer research and care
Hutch trial will test new app to help teens stop vaping
Smoking cessation expert to adapt adult quit-smoking app for kids under 18; pilot trial will test its efficacy in 200 self-consenting teens
Understanding the mechanics of breast cancer metastasis
Ghajar Lab research reveals why muscle tissue doesn’t get mets, how dormant tumor cells in the brain wake up and proliferate
Do multivitamins and supplements like cocoa flavanols keep cancer, heart disease away?
Scientists drill down into crucial Women’s Health Initiative data to get definitive answers on whether supplement use improves our health
Cancer, COVID-19 and proceeding with caution
Patients in treatment and those with compromised or suppressed immune systems eye the future — and pandemic’s wane — warily
Dr. Rachel Issaka receives the Kathryn Surace-Smith Endowed Chair in Health Equity Research
Flexible funding will further physician-scientist’s work in colorectal cancer and health inequities
Fred Hutch/University of Washington Cancer Consortium to serve entire state
Catchment area expands from 13 counties to all of Washington, adding 2.4 million people and several additional Indigenous tribes
7 ways to science your life for the coming year
Researchers share evidence-based strategies for managing your health during yet another uncertain year
New studies highlight cancer inequities in hospice care, financial impacts
Analyses shared at ASCO annual meeting show lack of home hospice care for Medicaid patients during COVID-19; quantify financial hardships
What’s new in breast cancer research? San Antonio conference goes hybrid for 2021
Hutch researchers look at overdiagnosis, cardiotoxicity of chemotherapy, cost of a new surveillance method and more
In research and cancer care, Indigenous representation matters
Fred Hutch, UW researchers work to reduce risk and inequities and improve access to care, resources for Indigenous communities and patients
Beyond BRCA and breast cancer risk
Inherited genetic variants contribute to many cancers; genetic testing, counseling key to evaluate risk, identify targeted therapies
Using AI to identify potential COVID-19, cancer therapies
Early findings show current drugs might be repurposed to calm COVID-19’s cytokine storms, treat metastatic prostate cancer
Life lessons in genetics, race and social justice
Science Education Partnership’s free, open-source curriculum units help high schoolers separate bias from biology
Cancer clinical trials exclude too many patients: That’s changing
Calls for equity, inclusion and better access boost pre-pandemic efforts to open up eligibility, streamline trials